All about trout fishing in New Zealand. This category includes other freshwater fish species. Our full trout fishing menu is in the sidebar on the right of this page – scroll down for mobile devices.Fly Fishing Getting Started – Excellent Advice for Beginners
Fly Fishing – Getting Started – Why quality advice really makes a huge difference By Graeme Smith Graeme Smith being assisted by West Coast guide Zane Murfin – Fly Fishing Getting Started. Fly Fishing Getting Started. A lot of mystique surrounds fly fishing. Some of this is perpetuated by fly fishermen themselves but mostly More...
Glimmy Brass Spoon Trout Spinner – An Oldie Very Effective Fish Taker
Home » Trout Glimmy Brass Spoon by Allan Burgess Glimmy brass trout spoon lure or spinner bait. This brass spoon was known originally as a Glimmy, or Record Little Glimmy was part of a vast range of spinnerbaits More...
Maruia River Trout Fishing Magic Near Murchison by Paul Corliss
Maruia River Trout Fishing Near Murchison by Paul Corliss by Paul Corliss Gray Prebble with his sleek five and a half pounder. The Irishman’s dog was part beagle and three or four parts mischief. It More...
10 Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners – Fooling That Elusive Trout
10 Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners – Fooling That Elusive Trout by Andrew Padlie This rainbow trout was caught on the author’s favourite fly, an Olive Woolly Bugger. When it comes to trout fishing, most More...
Parrot Beak Syndrome Deformity in Trout by Dick Marquand
Parrot Beak Syndrome Genetic Deformity in Trout by Dick Marquand Parrot Beak Syndrome deformed brown trout. Photograph Dick Marquand. This unusual brown trout was caught in Lake Dunstan by Trevor Phillips of Mosgiel. More...
Proper Fishing Season 1 October to 30 April by Gary Busch
Proper Fishing Season 1 October to 30 April – Last Day Brown Trout Lessons by Gary Busch This beautiful 5 1/2 lb brown trout was returned to the ice-cold water. 1 October to 30 April is the “proper” More...
Tillins Cobra Lures – Tillins Deadly Cobras by Dick Marquand
Tillins’ Cobra is a favourite New Zealand trout lure especially for trolling on lakes Tillins have manufactured Cobras in Tasmania, Australia, since the 1950s. Tillin’s make three different types of More...
Persistence Pays When it Comes to Fly Fishing Small Streams
Home » Trout Persistence Pays When it Comes to Fly Fishing by Piscator A rainbow trout. One of the rewards of persistence. Last season I learnt a valuable lesson about persistence which has since paid off More...
Brown Beetle Costelytra zealandica – The Rise and Fall of Brown Beetle
Brown Beetle Costelytra zealandica – The Rise and Fall of Brown Beetle – Night Fishing Near Christchurch by Paul Corliss Brown Beetle – Costelytra zealandica It is a black river. A night river. More...
Beginners Fly Fishing By Anon – for reasons which will become obvious
Home » Trout Beginners Fly Fishing Experience By Anon – for reasons which will become obvious It weighed 3 and 1/2 lb and a magnificent buttery golden brown trout from Lake Brunner, Westland. My story of More...